diff --git a/ietf/settings.py b/ietf/settings.py
index 2c69d5281..08a78f678 100644
--- a/ietf/settings.py
+++ b/ietf/settings.py
@@ -216,6 +216,10 @@ else:
     # doesn't have to set CACHE_BACKEND in settings_local
     CACHE_BACKEND = 'dummy:///'
 
+# For readonly database operation
+# CACHE_BACKEND = 'memcached://127.0.0.1:11211/'
+# SESSION_ENGINE = "django.contrib.sessions.backends.cache"
+
 IPR_EMAIL_TO = ['ietf-ipr@ietf.org', ]
 DOC_APPROVAL_EMAIL_CC = ["RFC Editor <rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org>", ]